you staring at something.jpg
by noth1021

Comment by smardaz:
again i agree with johnna, this cat shot i took in natural light:

experimenting with natural light will pay off in any type of shot

stargazer lilly.jpg
by noth1021

Comment by smardaz:
what johnna said...yeah you may try putting a white or black piece of thick paper behind it also

Start of the Eclipse
by noth1021

Comment by srdanz:
I am assuming that you have only resized the image. You have a plenty of MPix in that Canon that you should be able to crop it decently before resizing it.

Photoshop (or other photo editing software) should become your friend...

Welcome!

you staring at something.jpg
by noth1021

Comment by TCGuru:
Be careful of onboard flash when photographing cats and dogs, it washes out the black of the pupil because of the nature of the eye :)

Cute cat! Hopefully, we will see much more of it as your time here at DPC gets longer :)

Next mission, enter a challenge and join the update button addiction LOL

stargazer lilly.jpg
by noth1021

Comment by TCGuru:
This is a nice photo. A few things I notice about it are: 1.)Your background is very distracting, pay close attention when you are shooting anything and if needed, try to change your angle of view to exclude the bg or change it slightly. In this image, simply rising up a few more inches so the only thing back there is the road might help it a bit. 2.) Your DOF is really shallow and with your angle of view it might behoove you to focus on something other than the stamen of the flower. 3.) Your colours seem a little washed out (you can improve upon this in a photo editing application if you have one).

That's all for now. I hope you have a great time at DPC and hope to see more of you around the forums and in the side challenges (we are starting 30 days in black and white on Sept 1st if you are interested).

:)